The reason I’ve been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money. – Oprah Winfrey
Portfolio theory, as used by most financial planners, recommends that you diversify with a balance of stocks and bonds and cash that’s suitable to your risk tolerance. – Harry Markowitz
Many financial and industrial companies have been bailed out with the public’s money, but very few of those who had run those companies have been punished for their failures. Yes, the top managers of those companies have lost their jobs – but with a fat pension and mostly with a handsome severance payment. – Ha-Joon Chang
Quite frankly, the financial community has to improve its image. The financial community has to be much more transparent than it is. – Henry Kravis
I think the ethos for Gov. Romney is to use a whole variety of policies, of which tax policy is one, to try to raise the rate of growth. We’ve had a recovery from the financial crisis that would be well below what one might normally expect for a recovery from such a deep recession. And to counteract that we need better tax policy. – Glenn Hubbard
Research by James Poterba at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that the wealth of the U.S.’s elderly is highly skewed. About half of retirees have little or no financial wealth when they retire and depend almost entirely on Social Security for their income. – Greg Ip
We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations. – Gerard Arpey
It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger. – Henry Paulson
The world economy today is recovering slowly, and there are still some destabilising factors and uncertainties. The underlying impact of the international financial crisis is far from over. – Hu Jintao
Non-bank financial institutions provide credit that is essential to U.S. businesses and consumers. – Henry Paulson
No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial collapse of Italy. The sacrifices will not be in vain, especially if the economy begins to grow again. – Giorgio Napolitano
President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attempt to intervene in any positive way in the housing market. I think in the financial crisis that’s been a shame. – Glenn Hubbard
Politicians and the government have become too interested in short-term gains. Of course, if you look at the direct financial returns in the short term, human space flight is expensive. But they need to look longer term. – Helen Sharman
Our strength in finance has led us to set up an international financial centre with medium and long-term objectives, especially to develop Islamic financial and insurance services. – Hassanal Bolkiah
Traditionally, sport has looked down at number crunchers, but the reality is that they give sport the financial sustenance it needs. – Harsha Bhogle
Franchising implies a financial arrangement, and I am always pleased to consider those. – Geoff Ryman
The Great Recession rocked the foundation of every financial institution, including Johnson Bank. We were struggling, and it was happening under my watch. – Helen Johnson-Leipold
If I had my choice, every high school would be teaching financial literacy along with math and science. – Gregory Meeks
An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention. – Henry Paulson
Diversifying sufficiently among uncorrelated risks can reduce portfolio risk toward zero. But financial engineers should know that’s not true of a portfolio of correlated risks. – Harry Markowitz
The labour of the farmers, no doubt is of greater value than the financial capacity of the government and non-government institutions which can only play a supportive role. – Girma Woldegiorgis
There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep’s clothing. – Henry Paulson
If the financial system collapses, it’s really, really hard to put it back together again. – Henry Paulson
Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let’s be honest. It’s not trading; it’s betting. – Graydon Carter
There is a finite group of major financial players… and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that’s well respected, well regarded, and well thought of. – Gary Cohn
Bulls don’t read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929. – James Buchan
Maturity transformation is a central part of the economic function of banks and many other types of financial intermediaries. – Janet Yellen
Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but in its best form, impact investing prioritizes impact over returns and achieves outcomes that traditional investing cannot. – Jacqueline Novogratz